پوتھی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸 (putthiyā), from Sanskrit *पोस्तक (postaka), पुस्तिका (pustikā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /poː.t̪ʰiː/, [poːt̪.t̪ʰiː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: پو‧تھی

Noun

پوتھی • (pothī) f (masculine پوتھا, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੋਥੀ)

1. small book (as opposed to a large book; tome)
2. (by extension) a sacred book
3. booklet
4. a tobacco pouch
5. clove (of a garlic)

   Synonym: تُری (turī)

6. the wool of a sheep

Declension

Declension of پوتھی

	singular	plural
direct	پوتھی (pothī)	پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
oblique	پوتھی (pothī)	پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
vocative	پوتھِیے (pothiye)	پوتھِیو (pothīv)
ablative	پوتھِیوں (pothīvṉ)	پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پوتھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪੋਥੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pōstaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478